@DarthAzrael 8 December 2022

Random Usenet post of the day: --- Subject: Atari Pres. only expects 2 doz Jag games by '94 Xmas From: cdonley@amiganet.xnet.com (Clayton Donley) Date: 20 Nov 93 08:38:41 CST Newsgroups: rec.games.video.misc Organization: XNet Information Systems Read up...quotes from NewsBytes: > > ** Atari Ships $250 Jaguar System ** > > Last week, Atari Corp. formally launched its $250 64-bit games mach- >ine, the Jaguar. Computergram International said the machines will go >on sale in New York and San Francisco in the next few weeks, in the rest >of the U.S. early next year, and in Europe later next year. Atari says >that next year it will offer a $200 CD-ROM drive add-on to play audio >compact disks and disk-based games. The Jaguar systems are being made >for Atari by IBM's Charlotte, N.C., operations. > > Atari chief Sam Tramiel has told reporters he expects the company to >sell 40,000 to 50,000 Jaguars before Christmas and at least 500,000 in >1994. "The critical requirement," comments CI, "is for successful soft- >ware, and there will only be four games this year, and perhaps two >dozen next year; the games will cost $40 to $50." The Jaguar ships with >one game cartridge included. > Pretty pathetic, considering that CD32 already has 3 times as many titles available for it NOW..Not at the end of NEXT YEAR as Jack Tramiel -HOPES- his Jaguar will get.. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Amiga 2500/030/882 @ 33 Mhz!| // "I trust Irving Gould about as far as I | | cdonley@amiganet.chi.il.us | \X/ can throw a Buick." -My local Ami dealer| +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | (This space for rent) | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ --- https://www.megalextoria.com/usenet_archive/rec.games.video.misc/msg58645.html